Locations - Hattin horns

Jesus climbs the Horns of Hattin. There, he reaches a village where his disciples and apostles are waiting for him. They give him feedback on their first preaching. Peter emphasizes his two cousins and especially John; the beloved, for his part, says that Peter has spoken well.

After some discussion, Jesus tells them that he wants to speak to them alone. It is then agreed to wait for the people to go home before Christ teaches the Twelve and the other disciples. In the meantime, the Master goes off to pray, and when evening comes, everyone gathers around him.

Jesus then returns to the preaching of the others, and declares that those who have given the most are those who have forgotten themselves the most, thanks in part to their union with God. Others had scruples and were afraid of doing the wrong thing. So Jesus talks about the conditions for perfect discipleship. He explains that the apostles and those who follow him are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Finally, the Savior teaches that God's light must shine in them, and warns priests not to lose sight of their mission. Woe to those who lose charity, woe to those who reject Wisdom, woe to those who become spiritually dead, woe to those who corrupt Christ's little flock.

Jesus' speech ends here.

Jesus is on the Horns of Hattin. The crowd is now present, and Christ begins to speak to them. They asked him what the Kingdom of God is, what God is, and how to conquer Heaven, and Jesus patiently answered them, inviting them in particular to follow the Law and to love. Then Jesus talks about the gifts God had given Adam and Eve. In particular, the Lord speaks of the soul, the natural gifts of beauty, integrity, intelligence and will, as well as moral gifts and the submissiveness of the senses and reason. He goes on to speak of sanctifying grace, which is the "life of the soul": God shines in his creature and wants us to be with him in Heaven. In fact, Jesus speaks of the immortality of the soul, and states that he will erase the sin of original sin and restore grace to us.

The second part of his speech is about how to conquer Heaven. After pointing out that the Law exists, he encourages souls not to see the path to holiness in terms of threat ("woe is me if I don't do this"), but in terms of love ("blessed would I be if I did this"). He then goes on to set out the Beatitudes, developing them one by one, before bringing his speech to a close.

Jesus is still on the Horns of Hattin, continuing the Sermon on the Mount. First of all, the Lord reminds us that He does not change the Law one iota, because it was He Himself who gave it together with the Most Holy Trinity. However, Christ completes it, without overloading it as men do.

After defining the holy man, Christ goes on to say that he who follows one of the least commandments will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven, and he who violates one of the Commandments will be one of the least in the Celestial Kingdom. The Master warns against the righteousness of the Pharisees and scribes, and also warns people to beware of false prophets.

Jesus then returns to the subject of neighborly love, and outlines a number of features that we find in the Gospel: loving and forgiving, turning the other cheek, thinking that it is better for him to hit us than to hit someone who cannot bear it, and so on. He invites us to be generous, to give our tunic so that our brother doesn't commit a double theft if someone tries to steal something from us. Finally, Christ goes back on the saying: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", replacing it with love, and encourages us to be perfect like our heavenly Father, not to get angry or hold a grudge against our neighbor, but to be reconciled with him.

When the Master concludes his discourse, Jesus speaks of someone who hates him, and who dares not ask for the miracle. But when his apostles question him, he tells them that the scales had fallen from his eyes, not from his heart.

Jesus talks about oaths, fasting and prayer. In his sermon, he dwells on man's difficulty in being honest and on his false oaths: all too often, man is a perjurer, and he who demands an oath does not himself have much confidence in his neighbor. When we take an oath and swear to something, invoking that which is dearest to us, we deceive our neighbor: we are thieves, sacrilegious, traitors and homicidal. But we don't deceive God, who is Truth itself. Jesus therefore encourages people not to take false oaths, as in the Gospel, and he enjoins others not to swear on the dead, nor on the head of our family, nor on our body, which belongs to God. Let our yes be a yes and a no be a no.

Secondly, Christ insists on prayer said from the heart, where we seek not to be noticed and are not overcome by scruples. We must stop counting the number of hours we spend in prayer: it's not so much soulless prayers that count, but actions and words said with love. Jesus declares that we can do anything by praying: whether it's making a loaf of bread or doing our work, as long as we seek to love in everything. We must also not be afraid to ask, for God is a Father who watches over us and our needs.

Then the Master explains why God may not answer our prayer. He may refuse us a grace because it would hurt us in the future. Sometimes, therefore, God says: "I cannot", because in His Wisdom, He sees that such a grace, which seems good to us now, would be harmful to us later.

Finally, Jesus applies what he says about prayer to fasting: we mustn't flaunt it in public or be sad, but be joyful and act as if we've eaten well. Hiding this fast from others will be an act of heroism, and God will reward us for not seeking praise from men. What's more, anyone who fasts out of love feeds on love.

The Savior then sends away the people who are listening and welcomes two poor people. One is Ishmael, a man rejected by his daughter who wants to make his last Easter; the other is a woman named Sarath who is ill. He heals the latter and Jesus asks him to look after the old man. Christ then asks Simon the Zealot if he can entrust them to Lazarus, since they are two poor men who have nothing, and Lazarus assures him that he can. The episode ends with the old man happily adopting a new daughter and finding a new protector.

Chapter title: Fifth Discourse on the Mount: the use of wealth, almsgiving, trust in God.

Date of vision: Sunday, May 27, 1945.

Calendar: Thursday, February 17, 28 (4 Adar I 3788)

Location (map): The Horns of Hattin

Cycle: Sermon on the Mount

Summary: The crowd is growing and Jesus continues his discourse. He begins by encouraging souls to treasure themselves in Heaven, where no thief can steal our riches. On earth, we need to make proper use of our possessions and gold, and remember that everything we own can be destroyed by fire, disease and misfortune. We must therefore transform these earthly possessions into supernatural goods, and use them to treasure the Kingdom.

Secondly, Jesus encourages us to be charitable out of a supernatural spirit, and not to seek human praise. We shouldn't show off our charity and good deeds, but always act with discretion. The same goes for almsgiving: Christ advises us to give with charity, and then forget about the act itself. We'll be left with God's smile and peace, and the Father will reward us.

Jesus is interrupted by a Pharisee, who accuses him of not practicing what he says. In fact, Jesus had taken in Ishmael and Sarah in EMV 172, and the man reproaches him for not reassuring them as he had said he would. Jesus corrects his words, and then the old man Ishmael himself intervenes. His words make the inappropriate man flee, and the Savior continues his speech. All he asks is that the man be forgiven.

The Master tells us not to be afraid of tomorrow. God will always give what is needed. He himself is poor, and he relies on the rich to give charity in God's name. We mustn't worry about having little, nor worry about the future: the Father himself feeds the birds, and we are more than birds. We must have faith in the fatherhood of the Lord and seek first the virtues. The rest will be given to us as a bonus, and tomorrow will take care of itself.

Chapter contents: 173.1: The crowd is always growing. 173.2 : The fructification of material and spiritual wealth. 173.3 : Make for yourselves treasures in Heaven where thieves cannot enter. 173.4 : When you give alms, don't blow the trumpet to attract the attention of passers-by. 173.5 : An insulting man calls out to Jesus: Master, you deny your words! The old man Ishmael rebukes him. 173.6 : Don't do good to get a reward, to have a guarantee for tomorrow. 173.7 : Do not worry about tomorrow, seek the Kingdom of God.

Old edition: Volume 3, chapter 33

Chapter title: Sixth Sermon on the Mount: choosing between good and evil, adultery, divorce. The unwelcome arrival of Mary Magdalene.

Date of vision: Tuesday, May 29, 1945 (174.1-10); Saturday, August 12, 1944 (EMV 174.11-14); Tuesday, May 29, 1945 (174.15-22).

Calendar: Friday, February 18, 28 (5 Adar I 3788)

Locations (map): The Horns of Hattin

Cycle: Sermon on the Mount

Summary: There's a crowd. Thomas and Judas divide them into several groups: one for the sick, one for those waiting for an obolus, another for those waiting for Jesus' teachings. Peter is with children, some of the apostles like to bring the sick and infirm to the Lord, while Andrew and John collect alms from the faithful. They are accosted by a woman who needs to speak to the Master about personal concerns, neither health nor illness. John takes her to a tent while André goes to tell the Master, and two other unfortunates join the woman in presenting their miseries. Before going to them, the Master heals the sick and a little girl with a spinal injury. Then he goes to listen to these three souls who are waiting for him. The woman has her husband who has gone off with a prostitute: she obtains his conversion. The second has a daughter who became a lecher after a visit to Tiberias: the father went to Jeanne de Kouza and she invited him to find Jesus. The father obtained his daughter's conversion, but had to take it upon himself to forgive. Finally, the third tells of a quarrel with his brothers over their inheritance. They accuse him of stealing the money, but it was the deceased father who moved the cassette without warning them. Jesus tells him that his brothers found the money while he was away and that they have repented. But the man prefers to listen to Jesus rather than leave immediately.

Jesus then gives a sermon. The man has the choice of taking the path that leads upwards, i.e. towards God, or taking the path that leads downwards, i.e. towards Satan. He has free will. Of course, Satan tempts, but God tempts souls too, by his Word, by his promises, by his love. So if someone says they wanted to convert a soul, but allowed themselves to be corrupted by the evil of their neighbor, it's because their heart was conducive to welcoming that evil or sin. Christ therefore encourages us to resist sensuality, the world, science and the devil. We must seek not to be inconsistent and to choose only one Master, for we cannot serve God or mammon.

After briefly describing Eve and her corruption, Christ speaks of the body's lamp. If our eye is pure, everything will be pure. As for temptation, it is not an evil: we suffer for resisting it, but through victory we acquire an eternity of peace. That said, we must always be merciful to our fallen brothers and sisters.

Jesus is interrupted by the untimely arrival of Mary Magdalene, then a great sinner. She is accompanied by several men, including a Roman whom she seems to prefer. Lazarus' sister is really acting outrageously, and after looking at her for a moment, Jesus turns his head away and no longer looks at her. Instead, he resumes his discourse: he speaks of adultery, impurity, and reproaches the rich and wealthy. Mary Magdalene, offended, leaves under the murmurs of the crowd, and Christ announces that they are going to leave the Horns of Hattin, since they have been disturbed by Satan's whistling for two days. He indicates, however, that he will speak once more, after the crowd has taken shelter from the heat and restored themselves. Jesus then speaks briefly to Peter, then to Judas, to whom he renews his promise to go to Judea. Finally, Simon of Jonah forces his Master to eat.

As Bartholomew reminds us that it's the Sabbath in a few hours' time, Jesus urges those who do not trust in the Father's Providence to leave. Fifty people leave, and he resumes his speech. He again insists on adultery, divorce and repudiation, reminding them that only death can break a marriage. In fact, it's the children who suffer most when their father or mother remarries, so the Lord urges us to be faithful to our spouse.

Finally, to conclude his words, Christ encourages souls to charity and prudence: it's not a question of giving eternal truths to men who would distort them and play the prophet. Pearls should not be thrown to swine. Finally, he concludes by saying that he who puts his words into practice builds his house on rock, and he who does not listen to him builds his foundations on sand. Then he takes leave of the crowd, but they follow him and don't leave him...

Chapter contents: 174.1: The horizon on a spring morning. 174.2 : Jesus asks the apostles to gather together those seeking help. 174.3: The apostles bustle about in the crowd. 174.4: Andrew warns Jesus that three people in particular want to see him. 174.5: Jesus reassures a woman abandoned by her husband. 174.6: He promises a father his daughter's conversion. 174.7 : He guides an inheritance dispute towards a solution. 174.8 : You cannot belong equally to God and Mammon. 174.9 : How Satan seduced Eve. 174.10 : Do not be led into temptation and be merciful to the sinner. 174.11: The same morning blossomed on the mountain. 174.12: Mary Magdalene's pompous and provocative arrival. 174.13 : Woe betide you, you wealthy and enjoyers! 174.14: Under indirect reproach, Mary Magdalene flees. 174.15: Jesus gives the crowd time to rest. 174.16: Judas, troubled by the Magdalene, is comforted by Jesus, who goes to his mother in Judea. 174.17: Peter makes Jesus drink an egg. 147.18: Teaching on adultery. 174.19 : Whoever sends away his own wife, exposes her to adultery. 174.20 : Engrave in your hearts the Sermon on the Mount, it is your guide. 174.21 : Listen to my words and put them into practice. 174.22 : Jesus and the crowd go down to Capernaum.

Former edition: Volume 3, chapter 34